Minister Nishimura Delivers a Speech at the CCI Paris île-de-France

Minister Nishimura addressed French industry and experts to deliver a policy speech on France-Japan and Japan-Europe cooperation in the context of the drastically changing international situation. He spoke about the importance of collaboration among like-minded countries, including France and Japan, in energy security, fostering and protecting key emerging technologies, strengthening supply chains and responding to economic coercion. He also noted the need to work together with the Global South in order to reduce risk at a time when challenges to the international order by authoritarianism, such as Russia's aggression against Ukraine, are major challenges.

• Full text of the speech(PDF:154KB)

Division in Charge

Europe Division, Trade Policy Bureau